Surgery Postponed...AGAIN!!!

Dustin's surgery was scheduled for today at 10:30 Central time. We drove to Bowling Green, Kentucky last night which is about one hour away from Nashville. There, we stayed in a Fairfield Inn, planning to make the remainder of the trip on Thursday morning.

The night was quite a sleepless one, between a bit of nervousness over the upcoming events of the next day and Dustin not having his pack and play to sleep in, there was no rest for the weary (the weary is definitely Tim and me)!!

So, the next morning we got ready and were on the road 2 and a half hours early for our one hour car trip. By way of background before the next part of the story, I have been praying that God would make it very clear if we should not move forward with Dustin's surgery. Specifically, I have prayed that God would place a very clear roadblock in our path if surgery is not the best option, at this time.

And so, now for the rest of the story. As we made our way to Nashville, we encountered some serious traffic. A tractor trailer had overturned on I65 and was blocking the entire interstate. Roadblock or detour?

In any event, we were able to find a detour and made our way to Vanderbilt. We finally arrived one half hour late. Let me first tell you that I had contacted the surgeons office twice this week to inform them that Dustin had had a cold last week and that the cold was gone but he continued to have a little bit of a cough. And so, when we were in pre-op the Anesthesiologist expressed concern regarding the lingering cough. The surgeon also said that she was nervous to perform the surgery with the cough.

And so, here we are back in Lexington, Kentucky. We'll treat the trip as a detour until a permanent road block or sign clearly tells us this path is not the one for our little guy, at this time. We will try to reschedule for May.

Dustin looks a bit punch drunk in the photo above. I assure you, he is not. This photo was taken last week, with little man wearing shoes for the first time. His hat says, "Heartbreaker," which is totally true--with his big blue eyes and long eyelashes, he's going to be adored by many (and frankly, already is).

Below are a few photos of a recent cake that I made for a friend's birthday. The design was intended to look like zebra stripes made of fondant with a bright pink bow on the top. My fondant bow flopped and because I did not have time to re-create, I had to settle for a silk poeny bow. The cake was chocolate, filled with a raspberry/whipped cream/white chocolate buttercream filling with white chocolate buttercream icing on top. Pretty good!